NEW YORK — Small businesses along popular vacation destinations like boardwalks and piers in the U.S. say the number of tourists flocking to the waterfront is back to normal, meaning pre-2020 levels. But while the affluent are spending freely, lower-income vacationers are sticking to ...

NEW YORK — The Senate’s top Democrat said Sunday he will work to block a plan that would significantly cut the proposed budget of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warning that such a spending reduction could endanger the public. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York told ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a statewide state of emergency on Friday as the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Debby caused severe flooding in communities throughout New York, in anticipation of the deluge. With flooding expected along the AuSable River over Friday night into today, Essex ...

NEW YORK — A couple of longtime Brooklyn residents were lounging in the heat last week, staring at a sidewalk tree pit often flooded by a leaky fire hydrant, when they came up with the idea for a makeshift aquarium. “We started joking about: what if we added fish,” recalled ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a raft of new election legislation into law on Tuesday, expanding access to absentee ballots, opening up chances to fix errors on submitted ballots, closing legal loopholes in election administration and bringing state election law into compliance with federal election ...

BUFFALO (AP) — A small tornado took Buffalo by surprise Monday, damaging buildings, flipping cars and sending debris swirling over downtown. A spiraling column was caught on multiple videos shortly before 1 p.m. One video showed the cell appearing to move from Lake Erie into the city, ...